Trick or Treat

Yesterday was Halloween. For school I dressed up as Mary Poppins. The kids loved it...even though the ones that didn't "get it" thought I as a witch. Don't all witches wear a hat with daisies all over it?

I went to pick the girls up from Carmen and she said the girls had been asking her "when is mommy coming" all day long, because they were so excited about going to the fall festival at church.

We went home and got all dressed up. Kaytlynn was dressed as a movie star and Delaney was dressed as Alexa from Barbie and the Diamond Castle (although she could never remember Alexa's name, so when people asked who she was, she just smiled and looked up at me!) I put both their hair up in a bun. Todd came home and dressed up as a Hershey Kiss. The girls love the fact that we dress up and it makes the inconvenience and expense of it all worth it.

We got to the church at about 7:00. The girls played a few games for candy and then went to ride the "train" which is a small tractor that pulls little barrels behind it that the kids sit in. We went to the petting zoo to play with rabbits, chickens, goats, sheep, and a llama. We went to the bounce house, played a few more games and went home exhausted. The girls had a great time and were busting at the seams from all the sugar. I think they were most excited about the 2 liter of coke they both won at a ring toss.

We came home and let them walk to our next door neighbors, Felix and Barbara, to say Trick or Treat, and then went to bed. I think everyone was asleep by 9:30, which is a huge rarity around our house. It was a great family evening.